Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-31

Office. This process could be repeated
day after day, as long as might be neCes-
s2ry; and no one would suspect that q
culprit introduced in so informal 8 man
ner was the man who held in his hand the
key to the most important mystery OF
the day.
This plan was pUnCtuslly carried oat.
Every day Sheveiin was taken before the
magistrate, some unintelligibIe formula
was gone through with, and reaching the
steeet he was Immediately Joined by 81
officer, who escorted him to headquarters
Meanwhile, the Inspector held constant
Interviews with him in the privacy Of his
Office, bringing to bear upon the ex-
Watchman's obstinate silence the strength
OF his trained mind and intelligence
and keen insight INTO 1li.uIan
nature. Had Shevelin been g man of
more developed intellect he would more
speedily have recognized the futility on
his part of such q contest; but there IS
no doggedness so immoysble as that Of
person deficient IN the rational faculty
But Just when any other man than the
Inspector would have given up the al
temptin despair the chief of the detectives
attacked him on the side of his envy and
lNoiOGSlJ. anu won tuE SlCLUIFs
He had OWNED that Sheveln felt sore
on the subject Of the division of the pro-
ceeds OF the robbery; and one day he
dwelt upon this point, and, speaking as If
with full knowledge of the subject, point
ed out to him the gross injustice with
which his accompliCes had treated MIN.
But for him they would never
have been able TO lay hands up
dOI1or Of ho Do 10
fund; by his means they had got of with
millions, which they were now enjoying:
bat as for him, having used him, trey
now thrust him aside and made game CT
! him. "And l must say" added the n
| spector, "thst you are g very soft fellow
TO submit TO being played with in that
manner. You have given these men &
| quarter of million or more apiece; snd
though e word from you would bring
them to their deserts you choose to let
them be free to laugh in their sleeves ct
you, and 70 do as they please. And fox
all this what do you receive? beggGrly
| $4,000 at the most"
, Sheyelin's narrow, CIouded face lad
been working nervOusIy while the IN
spector spoke; bat the last words seemed
to sting him beyond end trance. He
ed By sudden passion.
"Ten thousand dollars" ne cried cut:
"no, nor nothing like it! As true as l
stand here, Inspector, the most they ever
gave nae was twelve hundred; and then
they came and made me give back the
half of that"
The Inspector leaned back in his chsil
and stroked his mustache. The hour
that he had been sweiting so many months
down, and the veil Of the mystery was
about to be lifted. He touched the cleo
tic button behind his desk, and notioned
the exwatchman to resume his seat.
'It would have saved US both troUbl
,, if you had said that before" he remarked
= "HoWever, better late than never. The
: thing for you to do now is to sit dow
!. there and tell me everything you know
about this affair, from the beginning =
the end. Whatever you keep back vii
= count against yon. Nsxon," he added, :
the officer who entered, "7ou will tax
. down this mans confession in writing
! See that We are not interrupted"
: Slevelin cropped into his chair, com
I pletely subdued His outbreak Of pas
n sion had been unprecedented, but il az
4 opened tie door toe complete revelation
snd there was no drawing back now.
: broken voice he began his story, and
- prompted now and then by 8 question c
= suggestion from the Inspector, BE III
folded the i1nerhisfCry Of the great Ma
Re4.tac Pr < rnboerr.